Thomas Fasano

Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Decca · 4852254 · 79 minutes Grieg’s songs rarely get the star treatment his…

Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Harmonia Mundi · HMM90243738 · 2 hours 16 minutes Beethoven’s variation sets get treated as filler far too…

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi Sony · 19958444992 · 60 minutes There’s something almost mischievous about early Schubert, and No….

Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Isang Enders (cello), Wu Qian (piano), Sitkovetsky Trio BIS · BIS2219 · 60 minutes Ravel wrote his trio…

with Christian Zacharias (piano)Leipzig String Quartet MDG · MDG3071610 · 1 hour 45 minutes There’s something wonderfully generous about how Zacharias…

Maria João Pires (piano)London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner LSO Live · LSO0765 · 79 minutes Pires playing Schumann is…

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Robert Trevino Ondine · ODE14772 · 63 minutes Respighi wrote a lot of gorgeous postcards from…

Alfred Brendel (piano)Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras Philips · 4683672 · 67 minutes Pairing the 22nd and 27th concertos gives…

BRIAN Symphonies Nos. 22, 23, 24; English Suite No. 1 Havergal Brian (1876-1972) New Russia State Symphony…

NEUKOMM Nonetto, Septuor concertant, Notturno, Otteto, Quintetto, Septetto No. 3 Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm (1778-1858) Kammerensemble Classic…

MCNEFF Orchestral Music: Sinfonia; Heiligenstadt; Weathers; Secret Destinations Stephen McNeff (b.1951) Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Dominic…

BOYCE Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day William Boyce (1711-79) Patrick Burrowes (treble), William Purefoy, Andrew Watts (altos),…

BLOCH Hiver-Printemps, Poèmes D’Automne, In the Night, 2 Psaumes, Psaume 22 Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) Mireille Delunsch (soprano),…

BOULEZ Mahler: Das klagende Lied; Berg: Lulu-Suite (Deutsche Grammophon) Anna Prohaska (soprano), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Anna Larsson…

Albert Coates conducts 20th Century music (Pristine Audio) London Symphony Orchestra, Leeds Festival Choir, Albert Coates Pristine…

SZERYNG Beethoven Violin Sonatas (Haebler) Henryk Szeryng, violin; Ingrid Haebler, piano There is something faintly poignant about…

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Mahler: Symphonies 1-10, Totenfeier, Das Lied von der Erde (RCO Live) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Daniel…

BEETHOVEN Piano Trios: ‘Ghost’; ‘Archduke’ Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Wilhelm Kempff, piano; Henryk Szeryng, violin; Pierre Fournier,…

LUTOSŁAWSKI Symphonies Nos. 1-4, Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen…

Baroque + Forth. Baroque masterpieces transcribed for solo piano Hayk Melikyan, piano Azure Sky AZ1022 (57:00) The…

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3; 14 Variations, Op. 44; Kakadu Variations Ludwig…

The Castle Trio: Beethoven, Schubert (Virgin Veritas) The Castle Trio: Lambert Orkis, fortepiano; Marilyn McDonald, violin; Kenneth…

ULLÉN plays Liszt and Messiaen (BIS) Fredrik Ullén (piano) BIS-CD-1803 (72:15) Birds again. Always the birds —…

LUPU Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’; Rondos, Op. 51; Sonatas, Op. 49 (Mehta) Radu Lupu, piano;…